So, I pulled the trigger last Saturday and bought a beautiful 2010 NT700V! Very happy with it. I ride daily and my old '82 SilverWing was getting a bit long in the tooth (I still own/love my SilverWing). Anyway, riding home from the dealer in the rain 40+ miles was a dream. Loved the power, and especially the stopping power of the brakes. It seems as though in the early days of disk brakes on motorcycles the designers were overly concerned that riders would go over the handlebars or some such if they allowed the brakes any real ability to stop the bike.
So on to my problem(?), issue(?), concern(?) - Starting on Sunday I noticed a slight pulsation in the front brakes as I am coming to a stop. It does not do it if I only press the rear brakes. It doesn't really do it at higher speeds either but as it slows it gets worse. It doesn't feel dangerous and it stops fine but it is annoying. If it were a car the steering wheel would shake a bit when it happened.
I suspect a warped rotor. I have no idea how the PO rode, but he was an older gentleman and he didn't ride much as it only had 7,200 miles on it. It could also be a sticking left caliper as it seems to drag a bit if you lift the front wheel and spin it by hand.
Saturday I plan to remove the left caliper and re-seat the pistons and see if that helps. At least if it turns out to be a warped rotor new ones are available. Try finding a new rotor for an old SilverWing! I have ordered a service manual am I was a brake / front end mechanic in a previous life.
Any suggestions/assistance would be greatly appreciated! This seems like a very helpful forum, like the CX/GL forum is. Maybe its just Honda people?
So on to my problem(?), issue(?), concern(?) - Starting on Sunday I noticed a slight pulsation in the front brakes as I am coming to a stop. It does not do it if I only press the rear brakes. It doesn't really do it at higher speeds either but as it slows it gets worse. It doesn't feel dangerous and it stops fine but it is annoying. If it were a car the steering wheel would shake a bit when it happened.
I suspect a warped rotor. I have no idea how the PO rode, but he was an older gentleman and he didn't ride much as it only had 7,200 miles on it. It could also be a sticking left caliper as it seems to drag a bit if you lift the front wheel and spin it by hand.
Saturday I plan to remove the left caliper and re-seat the pistons and see if that helps. At least if it turns out to be a warped rotor new ones are available. Try finding a new rotor for an old SilverWing! I have ordered a service manual am I was a brake / front end mechanic in a previous life.
Any suggestions/assistance would be greatly appreciated! This seems like a very helpful forum, like the CX/GL forum is. Maybe its just Honda people?